Missing the deadline to make a personal injury claim is one of the most avoidable — and irreversible — mistakes an injured person can make. In England and Wales, the courts are extremely strict about limitation periods. Once your time runs out, you lose your right to claim almost permanently, regardless of how strong your case might have been.
When a child is injured because of someone else’s negligence, parents face a situation that is equal parts distressing and confusing. You want justice for your child, but the legal process can feel opaque and overwhelming. The good news is that the law in England and Wales gives children strong protections in personal injury cases — and as a parent or guardian, you can act on your child’s behalf from the moment the accident happens.
One of the most common reasons people talk themselves out of making a personal injury claim is the belief that because they played some part in the accident, they are not entitled to anything. This is a misconception that costs injured people real money every year. In England and Wales, you can make a personal injury claim even if the accident was partly your fault. Your compensation is reduced to reflect your share of the blame — but it is not wiped out entirely.
When you make a personal injury claim in England and Wales, your compensation is not calculated as a single lump sum pulled from thin air. It is made up of two distinct categories — general damages and special damages — each covering a different type of loss.
Living in a home that your landlord has failed to maintain is not just inconvenient — it can be genuinely harmful to your health, your family’s wellbeing and your finances. For council and housing association tenants across England and Wales, housing disrepair claims provide a legal mechanism to force repairs to be carried out and to receive compensation for the impact of living in substandard conditions.
A criminal injury compensation claim allows someone who has suffered physical or psychological injury as a direct result of a violent crime to seek financial compensation through the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority (CICA) — a government body administering a statutory compensation scheme in England and Wales.
Unlike personal injury claims, these cases are not brought against the offender. Compensation is paid by the state. This means a claim may succeed even if the offender was never caught, was acquitted, or no prosecution took place — provided police accept that a crime of violence occurred.
